Flag of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Description
- Two equal horizontal bands of blue over red, with a gold princely crown in the upper hoist canton
- The crown was added in 1937 after Liechtenstein discovered Haiti used an identical blue-red flag at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Adopted on 24 June 1937, the basic bicolour dates to 1921 with antecedents from 1764
Trivia
- The 1936 Olympics incident — discovering Haiti's identical flag — directly prompted adding the crown
- The current crown depiction was redesigned in 1982 to give it a more three-dimensional appearance
- Prince Franz Joseph II chose blue and red as the dynastic colours of the House of Liechtenstein
Flag of Liechtenstein
The flag of Liechtenstein consists of two equal horizontal bands, blue over red, with a gold princely crown in the upper hoist canton. Blue represents the Alpine sky over the tiny principality, red evokes the evening fires lit in homes across the mountains, and the crown symbolises the unity of the people with their princely house.
The basic blue-red bicolour dates to 1921, with antecedents as far back as 1764. The distinctive crown was added on 24 June 1937 for a memorable reason: at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Liechtenstein's delegation discovered that Haiti used an identical blue-over-red flag. To distinguish itself, Liechtenstein added the princely crown to the hoist, and the current three-dimensional depiction was refined in 1982.
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